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SNAKE BITE
LESSON OVERVIEW

Skills Activity Life Skills

L.No. Title of Listening/ Reading Writing Grammar/Figures
the Lesson speaking of speech

1 Snake Bite Dialogue Prose Paragraph Verb forms, Collecting Critical

(requests, (describing Adverbs information thinking
permissions) people) about snakes
and bees

SUMMARY

This is a story about a young boy, Raja. He liked to meddle with snakes and bees. One day, while he was
trying to catch a bee, it stung him on his finger. His grandparents thought itwas a snake bite. They took
him to a man who, they thought could cure a snake bite. The boy wanted to tell the man that it was a bee
sting and not a snake bite but hewas asked to remain silent. The man put some water in a pot and started
chanting some mantras. By then, Raja’s finger had stopped hurting. The man concluded that this
happened because of his magic mantra. The grandparents thanked the man and later on sent him some
gifts as a reward for curing Raja.

PRINCIPAL POINTS
ENHANCE YOUR PERFORMANCE
z It is a wrong belief that all snakes are poisonous
z Some people cannot distinguish between a While writing a descriptive paragraph, we
snake bite and a bee sting generally use adjectives of colour, size, shape,
z The belief that mantras have magical power etc., to describe the physical looks /appearance
to cure, is a myth of somebody or something.
We use other adjectives of quality to describe
personality traits, nature, character, etc.
LET’S LEARN NEW EXPRESSIONS Paragraph Writing: Describing People
Then he shouted for the man: It means ‘he When writing such a paragraph, we need to give
called the man’. details of the person’s physical looks which may
Snatched: It means ‘took by force’. include the following:
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z Name/age (ii) Adverbs are mostly formed by adding ‘ly’ to

z Appearance: height, built, complexion, colour,
length and type of hair, colour and shape of
eyes, nose, lips, shape of face, etc.
z Depending on the purpose of writing the
paragraph, we may also include the person’s
nature, hobbies, profession, etc.
an adjectives, e.g. beautiful – beautifully,
clever – cleverly, honest – honestly and so on.
Certain adverbs are exceptions. For example,
words like fast, well, much, little, etc. do not
need an ‘ly’ . They also do not undergo any
other change.

GRAMMAR TEST TYPES

There are two kinds of Verbs: Regular and 1. MCQ/ Objective type question (recall)
Irregular. When Raja tried to catch a bee what
Read the following examples: happened?
Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs A. He got bitten by a snake.
(take on endings (undergo a change B. He got lost in the garden.
like ‘ed’, ‘d’, etc.) in the spelling) C. He got bitten by a bee.
Simple Simple Simple Simple D. He got hurt.
present past present past 2. VSA (extrapolatory)
chart charted catch caught If you were to give the villagers one advice,
work worked seek sought what would it be?Write in one sentence only.
like liked come came 3. SA (extrapolatory)
(i) The verbs which take‘d’ or ‘ed’ in their past When the grandfather saw Raja’s finger, what
forms are called regular verbs. did he do? What feeling towards his grandson
does this reflect?
z When the spellings of the verbs change

with the change of tense they are called 4. LA (extrapolatory)

Irregular verbs.
z Certain verbs do not change their form in
simple past e.g. cut, shut, hurt, cost, etc.
Imagine you are Raja. Write a letter to your
grandfather giving your reactions on the
treatment given to you for a snake bite instead
of a bee sting.